The strong wind subsided, so Lin Fu sent the ship to raise sail overnight and head for Chongzhou. The wind direction was unfavorable, but the water was very strong and the ship was fast. It arrived at the southwest beach of Xisha Island at dawn.
Lin Fu did not expect that the typhoon disaster would be so serious. Compared with the destruction of vegetation on the island and along the coast by the wind, Xisha Island was located in the core wind belt of the passage of this typhoon, and the destruction was extra tragic.
Lin Fu did not rush to Chongzhou, but sent the ship to go around the south side of Xisha Island. The island was so devastated that people could not bear to see it.
Lin Fu carefully compared the most accurate maps he could see at that time. Most of Shanghai, the most prosperous metropolis in later generations, is now either a tidal flat or has not yet become a landmass. The eastern part of Chongzhou County is still a large tidal flat yard.
Pingjiang Prefecture of Jiangdong County included the western area of Shanghai, Suzhou and the eastern area of Wuxi.
Xisha Island is not the Chongming Island of later generations. Its actual location is about one or two hundred miles farther away than Chongming Island. The predecessor of Chongzhou Island is probably to the east of Xisha Island. It is actually located outside the Yangtze River outlet at Majiabin, Yao Liusha and other places.
sandbar.
Unlike bedrock islands, ordinary sand islands are very unstable. When Lin Fu and others arrived at the southwest beach of Xisha Island, the tip of the southwest beach that could still be seen in late autumn last year had already been affected by the rapid surge since the beginning of summer this year.
The river was washed away to the point of being reduced to a state of disrepair. Due to the barren land on Xisha Island, in the past hundred years, except for a few fishermen who settled on the island, no large number of people have moved in.
In the past century, Xisha Island has connected several surrounding sandbanks into one, becoming the largest sand island near the Yangtze River estuary. It is only four or five miles away from the north shore by water. It is not that no people come to the island to farm, but it is just under the harsh natural conditions.
, most people tried but failed to support it, and only a few people settled down with some fishermen.
Nuo's large sand island has a radius of hundreds of miles. Based on the population density of Hailing Prefecture and Pingjiang Prefecture on the north and south coasts, it will not be a problem to accommodate 100,000 people. However, the permanent population of the island is less than 1,000 people. It is not an exaggeration to call it a desert island.
The wave of refugees that started before the Chinese New Year and lasted until the summer of this year has brought the number of refugees into Jiangdong County to the tune of one million. The flow of refugees mainly goes south along the Huai River, Hongzepu, Chaohu and other water systems, and ends up on the north bank of Chaotiandang, and then along the north bank.
As the situation spread, hundreds of thousands of refugees entered Hailing Mansion.
The contradiction between large-scale refugees and local people is always a thorny issue that is difficult to solve. Just like Gutang County drove the refugees into the riverbanks, local officials in Hailing Prefecture and Chongzhou County also deliberately and irresponsibly diverted the refugees away.
Go to the ownerless sand islands and river beaches to resettle with others.
Tens of thousands of refugees gathered on Xisha Island after spring this year. These tens of thousands of refugees were severely affected by yesterday's typhoon, which can even be described as horrific.
Lin Fu sent the boat along the southern end of the island. There were almost no complete shacks or huts along the way. The natural sandbanks along the southern side of the island collapsed on a large scale. The further east they went, the more serious the disaster became.
Lin Fu parked his boat at the southeast beach of Xisha Island before noon, waded ashore from the shallow water, and went fourteen or five miles deep into the island. He could see the traces of the intrusion of the tide. Going deeper, there were shacks damaged by wind and waves along the way.
The ruins and drowned bodies are more and more chilling to look at.
The refugees gathered on Xisha Island have no experience in resisting typhoons and tide recharge. They do not even build the most rudimentary seawalls and dams, but directly reclaim wasteland on the coastal beaches, live in shacks, and even plant naturally growing
Large areas of reed marshes and bushes were cleared away with knives and fires, completely unaware that these are natural barriers that can resist wind and waves. The local government showed extremely irresponsible disregard and did not provide guidance. Yesterday's wind disaster and sea tide reintroduction
It was extremely violent, how could the disaster not be severe?
On a slightly higher mound, Lin Fu met hundreds of refugees gathered there, shouting that the sky was not responding and that the earth was not working.
"Where are the others?" Lin Fu found an old man who had seen the world among the refugees and asked about the disaster situation here.
"They were all washed in by the flood and died, and their bodies floated into the sea. We are the only ones left, and we don't know when to feed the Sea Dragon King..." The old man also wanted to cry but had no tears in his eyes.
The voice was muddy and hoarse. Seeing Lin Fu and the others coming over, some people had unlimited hope, but the old man's heart was numbed by the catastrophe last night.
Lin Fu was stunned there. He contacted Changshan Island using the southeast beach of Xisha Island as the relay point. Changshan Island also sent two people to mingle among the refugees to observe the situation. He knew clearly that people gathered on the southeast beach of Xisha Island
There are at least 7,000 to 8,000 refugees, so how could there be only four to five hundred people left in front of us?
"What a bastard!" Zhou Pu fiercely inserted the knife into the sandy mound with its scabbard. Ao Canghai, Hu Zhicheng, Hu Qiaoyi, Hu Qiaozhong, Chen Enze and others who followed Lin Fu ashore were all speechless.
Wu Qi walked around the surrounding area and came to the mound. He shook his head and signaled that the two people arranged here on Changshan Island were not spared. He said: "The wind brought waves yesterday, and the downstream river was strong.
I heard that the huge waves formed on the southeast beach were more than two feet high, and heavy rains caused disasters on the island. It is impossible to escape such a natural disaster..."
"How is this just a natural disaster?" Lin Fu sighed and ordered Wu Qi, Chen Enze, Hu Qiaozhong and others, "Get off the ship all the food, firewood, and carbon that can be separated, and we will go to Chongzhou.
I would like to add that if any of the disaster victims want to take refuge in Chongzhou, they can go with our boat - you can do it separately. We will set off to Chongzhou before dark. Maybe by then, Chongzhou's disaster relief officials should also go to the island...
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In addition to the disaster relief personnel, Lin Fu, accompanied by Hu Zhicheng in Aocanghai, traveled throughout the East Peninsula to inspect the disaster situation. It was roughly estimated that no less than 20,000 people drowned in yesterday's typhoon and sea tide backflow, which is tragic. I am afraid that the entire Jiangxi County
, in most areas of Huguang, less than 20,000 people drowned in floods immediately after summer began.
In addition to a large number of corpses being carried overseas by the low tide, there are also a large number of drowned corpses that can be seen everywhere in the disaster area.
Lin Fu and the others waited on the island until dusk, but the disaster relief officials from Chongzhou did not show up. There were still 20,000 to 30,000 people affected by the disaster on the island. Not to mention that they had enough to eat, they could not even drink hot water.
Lin Fu knew that it was taboo for him to openly organize disaster relief here, but what things he did in Jiangning were not hated by others? Besides, he couldn't bear to leave 20,000 to 30,000 victims on the island and let them starve to death.
Or let the epidemic spread and do nothing.
Lin Fu called Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Wu Qi and the Great Loach Lord Ge Cunxin for a brief discussion, and decided to make "Jiangdong County's Inspector-General Si Dongyang's Military Preparation Envoy Lin" and "Jiangdong County's Inspector-General Si Dongyang Bingbei".
The banner of "Dao Ji Yun Wei Yong" was raised, and disaster relief was first organized on Xisha Island in the name of food raising envoy.
Organize manpower to gather a large number of victims to a slightly higher area in the northwest of the island. The concentration is to facilitate rescue, and the other is to move the victims to areas where the disaster is less serious, and to isolate them from areas where the epidemic may occur. It is also convenient to organize manpower to collect and bury the corpses.
The weather is hot and epidemic prevention work is the most urgent.
It can be said that Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Wu Qi, Ge Cunxin and others all have varying degrees of dissatisfaction with the current bureaucracy and tend to sympathize with the refugees. They naturally support Lin Fu's decision.
When it comes to status, power, and even those who are ambitious and capable, those who are better than Lin Fu in the world are like crucian carp crossing the river. They are countless. It is precisely Lin Fu's life style and demeanor of helping others in distress, rescuing people in danger, and having the courage to take responsibility.
Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu, Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Wu Qi, Ge Cunxin and other heroes who could stand alone in any other place gathered under his command and never left their side.
Each force has its core element that gathers people's hearts. The simplest way to put it is "like-minded people"; there is no unreasonable loyalty in the world. Loyalty comes from a high sense of identity. Either Lin Fu is such a Lin Fu, or he is talented.
No matter how deep you are, no matter how powerful you are, at most you can only act as someone else's counselor or subordinate like Qin Zitan or Zhao Qinmin.
Lin Fu asked people to find Hu Zhicheng and said to them: "Mr. Hu, I have something to ask you to do..."
"Please give me your instructions, Mr. Lin." Hu Zhicheng said.
The Hu family is different from the Xihe Society. The Xihe Society has a lot of influence. No matter how powerful Lin Fu is, he is just a disciple of Gu Wuchen. Without Gu Wuchen, Jiangning is more powerful and has countless people with higher status than Lin Fu. It is impossible for the Xihe Society to last for four generations.
The future, which was related to the livelihood of two thousand members, was betted on Lin Fu.
The Hu family is not the same. The Hu family was severely damaged when they collected two thousand taels of silver for their two sons. The loss of a boatload of sugar this time also hurts the bones and muscles. Besides, Xiao Taoyuan, the deputy general of Ninghai Town, will put the Hu family in danger of ruining the family at any time.
Under the threat, the Hu family's options are extremely limited.
Hu Zhicheng had already thought through it in his heart: Lin Fu had not only done two great favors to the Hu family, but there was no one else like Lin Fu who could entrust the safety of the more than 20 members of the Hu family, old and young.
Qingliu regarded Lin Fu as an alien. Hu Zhicheng was a businessman who was pragmatic and did not pay attention to false reputations. He had no special prejudice against Lin Fu. Last night, he had a conversation with his nephew Qiao Zhong and felt that many of Lin Fu's acting styles were very strange.
Give them the temperament of a businessman.
However, he was unable to discuss it with his brother, and Hu Zhicheng was unable to express his position immediately. However, Lin Fu was determined to provide disaster relief on the island, and if he had something to ask of him, Hu Zhicheng naturally shouldered the responsibility. He thought to himself: Only if Lin Fu can be so responsible can he rest assured.
The safety of the twenty-some members of the Hu family, old and young, was entrusted to him.
"I can't abandon 20,000 to 30,000 victims on the island and do nothing," Lin Fu said. "I will send a boat to take Mr. Hu to Chongzhou at night. First, I will ask Mr. Hu to bring a letter to the Chongzhou County Magistrate, and Xisha Island will be returned to Chongzhou County.
The storm disaster under our jurisdiction is severe. Chongzhou County has the responsibility for disaster relief. The Chongzhou Magistrate cannot come forward. Secondly, even if Chongzhou Magistrate will come forward to provide disaster relief, I am afraid there will be a delay in time, but the disaster relief work cannot be delayed. I hope to ask the Hu family to help me.
We are purchasing disaster relief materials in the county overnight and will bring them here tomorrow for emergency relief..."
Most of the armored soldiers stayed on the island, and "Jiyun One" and "Jiyun Two" were led by the Great Loach Master Ge Cunxin. They followed Hu Zhicheng, Hu Qiaoyi's uncle and nephew to Chongzhou to look for disaster relief materials, and notified Chongzhou County.
In addition, Lin Fu also wrote two urgent letters and sent people to go ashore overnight and ride horses to Jiangning respectively. Dongyang sent them to Gu Wuchen and his immediate superior, Xiao Xuanchou, who was investigating the matter. He only said that he was tired of the wind and waves and lost his direction while sailing in the river at night. He was drifting.
The ship didn't dock until Xisha Island. Just in time for the disaster on Xisha Island, as the only official on Xisha Island, we could only stay to provide disaster relief. After Chongzhou County sent people to take over, we could leave and go to Pingjiang Prefecture to raise funds.
grain.
As long as the inspector gave him the name of obeying the authority, Lin Fu could organize disaster relief on Xisha Island regardless of Chongzhou County.